Jeana Iwalani Naluai is a native Hawaiian committed to perpetuating her culture through the healing arts. Although raised on the mainland in California, Jeana has held things Hawaiian very close to her heart dancing hula, being involved with Hawaiian music and studying Hawaiian literature. Returning to her island home was always on her conscience. Educated in the western tradition of Physical Therapy, she received a Bachelors degree in natural science and a Masters degree in Physical Therapy in 1998 from Loma Linda University.
After four years of private practice in outpatient Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Jeana had the opportunity to study with honored teacher, elder, and friend, Auntie Margaret Machado, on the “Big Island” of Hawaii. At Auntie’s healing oasis located on Kealakakua Bay, a spark of remembering was ignited and Jeana reconnected with her true and highest self through the healing art of Lomilomi.
After completing Beginning and Advanced Lomilomi with Auntie Margaret, Jeana moved forward with an unquenchable thirst for learning the wisdom of her ancestors. During a two year private Lomilomi practice in Mill Valley, California, (the birth of Ho'omana Restorative Therapies) she began studies with Papa Sylvester Kepelino in La'au lapa'au, (Hawaiian herbal medicine), and advanced techniques of Lomilomi with Dr. Maka'ala Yates.
Jeana has also studied various other healing therapies including reflexology, sports massage, lymphatic and visceral massage, cranio-sacral therapy, Northern Thai massage, and she is a Reiki Master practitioner.
Jeana Iwalani Naluai ’s continuing life journey has finally brought her back to her native lands of Hawaii and the island of Maui. Jeana has been on Maui for the last 7 years and has studied with several other kumu (teachers) and kupuna (elders) since returning to the island including Auntie Mahilani Poepoe, Auntie Mary Fragas, and Rebecca Slavin. In October of 2005 Jeana became a Lomi Lomi (Instructor) with the Hawaiian Healing Institute and is committed to continuing this work through teaching This therapeutic style of Lomilomi to anyone who wishes to participate in perpetuating this incredible healing technique. She has also opened a Hawaiian healing spa retreat, Hale Ho'omana Island Sanctuary (www.halehoomana.com) together with her husband and eco-tour guide Justin Tafuri (www.halehoomana.com) located on the slope of Mt. Haleakala. She intends to promote education in cultural healing on a broad spectrum for many years to come.
“I invite you to participate in a wondrous healing journey with me on the island of Maui. It is my loving intention that you will travel home, to your inner spirit, where you will find peace, openness of heart, and an awakening to the light of your true nature. We will explore deeply, revealing a wellspring of healing energy within yourself that you may share with others in spreading the Spirit of Aloha throughout our mother earth.”
Our Team consists of Lomi Lomi specialists upholding a level of excellence that honors this rich Hawaiian tradition. They are committed to perpetuating this unique lineage incorporating Hawaiian Healing values into not only their work, but into their lives as well.
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